19-3 an 1K19357

[19leben]

I probably paid too much for this one but I just couldn't resist the temptation of the cool serial number. It's in beautiful condition with box etc. I've been a huge fan of the 2 1/2" Combat Magnum since my teen years when Dad used to load me and my brothers up and drive to the nearest TG&Y. We always made a beeline to the gun counter in the back of the store. This isn't my first one, but it's probably the best condition by far.

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[22hipower]

Nice, cool SN, I wouldn't have been able to resist that either.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

 

[Pine_Worker]

Outstanding, and great serial number!

 

[fishn395]

if you paid an even 1000 for it...it really is the perfect serial number.

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[CH4]

Just when you thought a 2.5" 19 couldn't get any cooler. I would have gladly paid extra for that coolness.

Nice score!

 

[CLASSIC12]

Beautiful gun and great serial number, congratulations

 

[GF]

Good lookin' stocks on that revolver too!

 

[larondo]

It's definitely a real nice piece w/ a one-of-a-kind serial #.
Maybe some day I come across a nice blued M19.

 

[JP@AK]

19leben
I feel like a "me too" but you and all the others who stated it are correct. That serial number would be impossible to pass up.

Like you, I think highly of the 2 1/2" Model 19. I bought the one in the picture below at a gun show 10 years ago. The seller let it go for $425. It was wearing square butt Pachmayr stocks, so I put ivory on it. It hangs on a hook on the inside of my large gun safe and just about every time I open that safe I have to pause and admire it. And yes, it goes shooting with me from time to time.

 

[Targets Guy]

That serial number shipped April 1971.

 

[19leben]

Good lookin' stocks on that revolver too!

I forgot to mention that I removed the stocks and they are numbered to the gun!
Also I realized when I picked it up from FFL that it has both Target Trigger and Hammer. Never seen a CM 2.5" with these. I'm gonna letter it to feed my curiosity.

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[Smithpride]

Wow! What a find!

 

[19leben]

19leben
I feel like a "me too" but you and all the others who stated it are correct. That serial number would be impossible to pass up.

Like you, I think highly of the 2 1/2" Model 19. I bought the one in the picture below at a gun show 10 years ago. The seller let it go for $425. It was wearing square butt Pachmayr stocks, so I put ivory on it. It hangs on a hook on the inside of my large gun safe and just about every time I open that safe I have to pause and admire it. And yes, it goes shooting with me from time to time.

Sheesh I wish I had paid anywhere close to $425!! Yours looks amazing with the ivory stocks.


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[Igiveup]

TG&Y is a store I haven't thought of in 50 years. There was one in Woodland, Ca. and a friend of mine was the manager at that time. The M19 looks great. I bought one about ten years ago at a show fo $450, maybe a little high at the time, but a good buy now.

 

[D Brown]

Between the serial number, target hammer, target trigger, I don't think there's any way I would have been able to pass up that Model 19!

Beautiful gun! Thanks for posting!

 

[msp2640]

The only way it would have been cooler(?) was if it was made in March of '57, but that would have been impossible! Congrats on a great find! My 1st ever K frame snubby is a 19-5, looking very similar to yours. Bill in MA

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Congrats on that handsome Combat Magnum.

I'm a serial number nerd. I think that's the coolest one I recall.

 

[Truckman]

I'm a serial number nerd. I think that's the coolest one I recall.

Bob, you might like the serial number on a recently acquired Model of 1905 4th Change - Aces & eights with a 9 in the hole...118889......Ben

 

[19leben]

Congrats on that handsome Combat Magnum.

I'm a serial number nerd. I think that's the coolest one I recall.

Thank you two-bit cowboy. I'm kind of a serial number nerd too. I'm into Colt 1911s and I always look for Series 70 or older models that might have "1911" in the serial. Probably futile but I have fun looking.


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[Hawg Rider]

Great looking revolver and cool serial number! Model 19 snubbies are outstanding revolvers. I picked up this minty nickel Model 19-4 (ca. 1978) a few years ago at a local gun shop. Enjoy your .357!